TAAG Angola Airlines 777-300ER. Photo: Courtesy, Boeing.
TAAG Angola Airlines secured a $256 million long-term loan guarantee from the US Export-Import Bank for the purchase of a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with GE90-115B engines, the Ex-Im Bank said. The aircraft will be used to expand the Angolan national flag carrier’s intercontinental service provided by its all-Boeing fleet.
The guaranteed lender is the New York-based Private Export Funding Corp. and the arranger is HSBC ...

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